fswm on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

1. Install "fswm" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install fswm on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall fswm on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "fswm" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone fswm's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/fswm.git 
            
                        
                ~/fswm
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/fswm folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/fswm
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fswm package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1396618
Name: fswm
PackageBaseID: 199455
PackageBase: fswm
Version: 0-0
Description: Feature-complete and portable full screen window manager based on XCB and 221 lines of C89.
URL: https://github.com/pbizopoulos/fswm
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: pbizopoulos
Submitter: pbizopoulos
FirstSubmitted: 1699709575
LastModified: 1706787254
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/fswm.tar.gz